Mel Torme News

If there's anyone else out there who is as obsessed with Slim Gaillard as I am, you might enjoy some of Slim's tunes sung by no less than Mel Torme, backed by swingin' big band, at Scoredaddy's . Odd, yes, but delightfully satisfying.

The wait staff at a north-side brunch spot know what Blair Clark means when he orders "The Usual." On a bright but chilly early Sunday afternoon it is one egg cooked medium, wheat toast and crispy bacon.

What: "76 Trombones + 4" When: 2 p.m. Sunday Tickets: $5 to $12; 895-2787 Sun Calendar 76 Trombones + 4 More Sun music coverage The 25th edition of UNLV's "76 Trombones + 4" might be dubbed the "funny bones" concert.

Steve March Torme left Los Angeles for family reasons. The son of the late jazz singer Mel Torme spent most of his life close to show business.

Steve March Torme, son of legendary jazz singer Mel Torme, and the Wisconsin Homegrown Jazz Quintet, five accomplished musicians all with state roots, headline the 29th edition of Lawrence University's annual Jazz Celebration Weekend.

You can't travel down south without hearing someone rave about guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, radio and TV personality Joey Stuckey, who holds the distinction of being the Official Ambassador of Music for Macon, Georgia .

Steinway Pianist Sergio Salvatore & Special Guest Christos Rafalides Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall Friday, October, 30th 8 P.M. Steinway jazz pianist Sergio Salvatore will perform at.

Cornball and as seeped in '60s suburbia as 'Mad Men,' this is mostly for serious Garland fans, who can sit through Liza's dancing and little Joey & Lorna's singing.

Cornball and as seeped in '60s suburbia as 'Mad Men,' this is mostly for serious Garland fans, who can sit through Liza's dancing and little Joey & Lorna's singing.

Liza Minelli's multi-talented musical arranger Billy Strich plays a side show tonight, writes Andra Jackson AS A jazz pianist, American Billy Stritch is grateful to the golfers who tipped him when he played in the golf club's piano bar at the age of 15.

NYACK: Friends, family and fellow musicians will gather at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday for a concert at Spice of India in memory of singer Tom David Horth.

Playing with drill sergeant precision, but in relaxed harmony, the Jason Weber Quartet spread some very good vibes around San Diego International Airport last night.

"Never come with a list." Those words of advice came from a vendor about four hours into the fall Austin Record Convention, at which point we'd purchased only a single piece of vinyl, a Lovin' Spoonful greatest-hits album complete with commemorative, frameable photos of the band in the sleeve.

Brian Simpson, a longtime studio musician, musical director and touring keyboardist, performs smooth jazz.

If there's one truth in politics, it's that governments - and particularly cabinets - take their cues from the king.

Janis Ian will headline the 20th annual Savannah Folk Music Festival, to be held through Sunday.

Pianist, Lincoln Mayorga and Actress, Nancy Rothman to perform Chopin & Candlelight Sunday, October 18, 2009 @ 3:00 pm Lincoln Mayorga in Concert Chopin & Candlelight -- The Music of Frederic Chopin This is an unique concert with a dramatic element with an interpretive reading of letters and diary entries of Frederic Chopin and George Sand compiled ...

Musician Steve March Torme , son of Mel Torme, is scheduled to perform Nov. 6 at Lawrence University.

Bringing the sounds of the big band era all the way from San Francisco, the band "Swing Fever" will perform at Orcas Center.

Today is the anniversary of the birth of jazz singer Mel Torme in 1925. Torme died at age 73 in 1999 in Los Angeles at the end of an incredibly fruitful career.